Local graduate with Batten's disease defies odds through art
Leah Fitzgerald, blinded by Batten's disease, graduates at Ridge View High School amid family and friends. She creates clay unicorns and dolphin prints and draws roses, finding joy in art and faith. Leah supports sister Amanda, also affected, while guiding her mother in daily life with courage and resilience.
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Columbia
Leah Fitzgerald
Leah
Batten
Carolina Coliseum
Ridge View High School
Ridge View
Amanda
Donna Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Traveling Vietnam Memorial aids in healing in Bishopville
The traveling half scale Vietnam Memorial visited Bishopville at Lake Ashwood during Memorial Day weekend, drawing about 100 visitors per hour. Organizers say the exhibit, sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, offers survivors and veterans a place to remember, with mementos left at the wall collected for later display. Local veteran Glen Inabinet searched for Marine 2nd Lt. Richard W. Kapp, who died at Quang Tri while they attended high school together in Orangeburg. The display, funded by a 55,000 fee and a 100 dollar plate sale, runs through Monday night with a sunset closing, and each South Carolinian name read will be marked by a float sent to Lake Ashwood.
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Bishopville
Washington, D.C
Southeast Asia
Ronnie Williams
Vietnam Veterans Memoial Fund
Washington
Arie Landrum
Vietnam
Lee County
Ashwood
Williams
South Carolina
Glen Inabinet
Chapin
Richard W. Kapp
Orangeb Ourg
Kapp
Quang Tri
Lake Ashwood
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